Take it from The Kids

Lessons my kids have taught me:

Sometimes, if you don't really know what you're talking about, or you don't have all the vital information you need, you should just plunge on ahead with complete confidence anyway.

Example:

Driving by a cement mixer today

MADELEINE: Mama?  Does a concreek truck REALLY have concreek inside it?
ME: Well, it has cement in it, mixed with other ingredients, which makes concrete.
MADELEINE: But Mama.  There's no WAY a concreek truck can really have concreek in it.  Because it's ROUND.  And concreek is POINTY.  Because concreek is hard, so it can't be round.


Yeah.  Seriously.  What do I know anyway?  I mean, just because I know how to pronounce "concrete" correctly doesn't mean I actually know what it looks like.  It's pointy!  It can't possibly fit in a cement mixer!



Another example:

This is Auntie Caitlyn and Chad's wedding invitation, as designed by Julia.  While Auntie Caitlyn is indeed planning on having her ceremony at a Greek Orthodox church, there is no such Saint George's on her list of possible area Greek "Orthidox" churches.  But that's just a minor detail.  As long as we know what kind of church to go to, and the fact that it will be in the afternoon, as well as the names of the bride and groom, what more info do we really need??  I mean, sure, there's no date listed, but that's okay.  We'll figure it out!  We don't know what town we're going to, nor what time in the afternoon the event begins, but it's all part of the fun.  It's like an adventure game wedding.  Can you use the clues to find your way to the correct venue?  Who will be there for the wedding and who will lose his or her way?? 


And a final example:

Madeleine's architectural design of the wedding room for Auntie Caitlyn and Chad.  "I just really think this should be the room.  For the wedding.  Don't ya think??"

This picture looks like a fairy tale wedding, and does not resemble a medieval torture chamber in the least.